as in ton
a considerable amount
a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices
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Recent Examples of boatload
One Florida resident reportedly hired a local mover without bothering to determine if the company was licensed, only to run into a boatload of trouble.
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Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
The Leafs gave up a boatload for Carlo less than a year ago, moving a first-round pick, a fourth-round pick and one of their top prospects in Fraser Minten, who has blossomed into a key player for the Bruins this season.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Once the cold is in place, this system is going to throw a boatload of moisture into it.
—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
But in the old school literary canon (and a boatload of modern lit), the visceral and corporeal are often left out.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
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Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
The Leafs gave up a boatload for Carlo less than a year ago, moving a first-round pick, a fourth-round pick and one of their top prospects in Fraser Minten, who has blossomed into a key player for the Bruins this season.
—James Mirtle, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Once the cold is in place, this system is going to throw a boatload of moisture into it.
—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
But in the old school literary canon (and a boatload of modern lit), the visceral and corporeal are often left out.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boatload
Noun
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The second-floor gym has Peloton bikes and tons of natural light.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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They’re also made with a grippy sole that provides a ton of traction across several kinds of terrain from airport floors to rainy city streets.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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Because the engine can be controlled during flight, the system does not require the expensive thermal protection systems typically associated with extreme heat loads at hypersonic speeds.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Feb. 2026
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Steyer has loads of his own money to spend on TV ads.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Employees at one of these newer concepts, Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings, fold untold dozens in front of customers.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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More specialized services like Thai massage, Shiatsu massage, and a slew of wraps, facials, and scrubs are available too.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Five people were in custody and facing a slew of criminal charges Thursday following a pre-dawn police pursuit that wound through Ellis and Tarrant counties before ending in a crash of the suspects’ vehicle in Fort Worth, authorities said.—
Timia Cobb
Breaking News Reporter,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The neighborhood/area There are four other new hotels on this block (and more to come), and Noelle is the most refined of the bunch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Feb. 2026
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What a bunch of hypocrites these people are.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Even the buildings, standing lot line to lot line, alley to street, tug at memories.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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The river fills sprinklers and faucets from Denver to San Diego and every other major southwest city, town, farm field, and feed lot in between, yet few realize how much their burgers and baths depend on this one drying river.—
Pete McBride,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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Costs have soared since the original project was conceived more than a decade ago, and a sizable chunk of the hotel tax funds is now being used instead for repairs.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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More than 200,000 Bay Staters remained in the dark Tuesday evening, with MEMA’s power outage map showing large chunks of Barnstable and Plymouth counties greatly affected.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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Prosecutors say many of the charges came from plea bargain deals signed with former police officers Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Queiroz, sentenced in October 2024 for the killings to 78 and 59 years in prison, respectively.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
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But Coach never agreed to that deal, and once Ozzy got the key on the ground, Coach dragged it over to win supplies.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Boatload.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boatload. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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